Michael McGarrity Books in Order

In 1950s Manhattan, assistant district attorney and Korean War veteran Sam Monroe answers a summons from his glamorous ex-lover and finds her murdered in her penthouse. With his own dog tag at the scene, he must outmaneuver corrupt cops and mobsters to clear his name.

In the early 1960s, army helicopter pilot Ray Lansdale returns from Vietnam determined to find his missing younger sister. His search stretches from Montana ranch country to the neon streets of Los Angeles and back to Southeast Asia, testing his faith in family and memory.

Dona Ana County detective Clayton Istee catches a chilling double homicide in a Las Cruces hotel, the victims scalped and their throats cut. The trail leads to a hidden casino theft, a Mexican drug lord, and a relentless hitman who soon targets Clayton's family.

When the long-lost bones of Kerney's college girlfriend are found on a friend's New Mexico property, forensic evidence points straight at him. Arrested by his own son, he and his wife Sara race to reconstruct forgotten events and track down the witness who can clear his name.

After serving in combat in Sicily, a badly wounded Matt Kerney returns to the San Andres Mountains to run the family ranch. He faces an aggressive push by the U.S. Army to seize his land, a vengeful ex-convict, deepening drought, and a fragile love affair.

John Kerney's son Matt comes of age on the family ranch during the hard years of the Depression and Dust Bowl. Haunted by loss and strained family ties, he takes on adult burdens early, trying to keep the Kerney land alive amid drought, debt, and old grievances.

After his wife dies in childbirth and his brother is murdered on the plains, John Kerney is forced to abandon his small Texas ranch and newborn son. Heading into New Mexico Territory, he joins a cattle drive and slowly builds a new life in unforgiving frontier country.

Living temporarily in London, retired Santa Fe police chief Kerney rushes home when his ranch partner is murdered by an escaped prisoner. Joining forces with Clayton, he helps lead a statewide manhunt for a spree killer determined to go down in a blaze of violence.

The ambush of a Lincoln County deputy and the brutal murder of his wife bring Kerney and his Mescalero Apache son, Clayton Istee, together on a difficult case. Their search for the deputy's missing child ties the killings to a drug-trafficking scheme and other unsolved murders.

Kerney agrees to advise on a Western film shooting near the Mexican border and heads to the Bootheel with his army-officer wife and young son. A dead federal agent, immigrant smuggling, and a fugitive soldier soon turn the supposed vacation into a high-risk juggling act.

Santa Fe police chief Kerney travels to a California horse ranch to buy breeding stock and instead becomes the prime suspect when the owner is found dead. Digging into the man's past and a Vietnam-era mystery, he uncovers motives that stretch across decades and both coasts.

A calculating killer begins executing people linked to the justice system and leaves taunting notes for Kerney. As the attacks edge closer to his pregnant wife and their unborn child, Kerney must protect his family while tracking an adversary who always seems one step ahead.

When two bodies are discovered in a burned-out New Mexico building, one connects to a missing-person file Kerney never closed. Teaming up with his newly found son, he follows the evidence into a web of arson, fraud, and buried family secrets.

New Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney catches a high-profile case when a U.S. ambassador's estranged wife is found stabbed in her hilltop mansion. Federal agents move in fast with a neat solution, forcing Kerney into a quiet, risky probe of a possible government cover-up.

Six people are gunned down at a remote New Mexico campground in what looks like a random shooting spree. Deputy State Police Chief Kerney suspects the real target was a retired judge, and digging into the man's dark past exposes layers of family betrayal and long-buried crimes.

An old friend leaves Kerney a high-country ranch beneath Hermit's Peak, offering a possible future away from police work. When a stray dog leads him to human remains and evidence of timber theft, he must balance dreams of ranching with a complex homicide investigation.

Back in uniform with the New Mexico State Police, Kerney investigates an unsolved small-town cop killing just as a priceless art collection is stolen from the governor's office. A homeless witness and a vanished place called Serpent Gate point toward an old, very dangerous enemy.

Working as a seasonal forest ranger in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness, Kevin Kerney hopes for a quiet summer. The murder of a tourist, a confused old man, and a sixty-year-old land feud drag him into a deadly tangle of poachers and ranch politics.

Forced into early retirement by an on-the-job shooting, former Santa Fe chief of detectives Kevin Kerney agrees to search for his ex-partner's missing soldier son near White Sands Missile Range. The hunt uncovers a smuggling scheme tied to stolen Civil War artifacts and border intrigue.